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Music, Forward!

1907 · 3 min Fantasy Comedy
5.1 / 10 · TMDB

“Music Forward!” is the order given by a lady in Colonial costume, and in march a group of five musicians, working industriously at their instruments. The directress stands them in a row, and taking the head off each, throws it onto a huge music staff and each becomes a note of the scale. The whole bodies appear again, after which the manipulator seems to wrap them up in a large sheet of music, which is then shown to contain nothing. The paper is rolled up again, and a cane is held, perpendicularly, in a horizontal position to the sheet.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title En avant la musique
Year 1907
Country France
Genre Fantasy, Comedy
Director Segundo de Chomón
Runtime 3 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.1/10 (9 votes)

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The film constructs a brief farce at the intersection of musical parody and illusionist trick, relying on Méliès's signature stop-trick to transform people into abstract symbols. It explores the visual metaphor of music as a physical substance that can be packaged and made to disappear.

What lingers after viewing is the playful absurdity of the premise, where logic yields to the poetry of pure spectacle. A charming miniature from the workshop of a cinematic magician. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Segundo de Chomón

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